Gingerbread
Maybe this recipe will bring back memories.
285 K 4.0/5 (57 reviews)
1 hour 4 min.
Easy
2 Gingerbreads
11 IngredientsLast modified on: February 21th 2011
250 g honey
120 g brown sugar
250 g 
250 g 
20 g 
120 g 
2 tablespoons rum
2 pinches 
200 g 
2 
24 g gingerbread spice mix
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 45 min.
All in all: 1 hour 4 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
In another pan, put 250 g honey.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Heat 200 g water and pour into pan with honey. Add 120 g brown sugar, mix well to dissolve, and add 2 tablespoons rum and a pinch of salt.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Pour this mixture into a food processor bowl, then add 250 g flour, 250 g rye flour and 20 g baking powder.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Add 24 g gingerbread spice mix.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Then 2 eggs and melted butter, not too hot.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Switch on food processor (if you have a Kenwood, use the "K" Beater) and knead at slow speed 2 or 3 minutes, until mix is homogeneous.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Pour mixture into a cake mould, non-stick if possible.
Stage 9 - 40 min.
Cook for about 40 minutes.
Don't turn out immediately, but allow cool slightly first.
Don't turn out immediately, but allow cool slightly first.
Remarks
Afficionados of ginger bread (like Robert) say that it's better not too fresh (the next day maybe), sliced and buttered.
Keeping: Several days in a towel bag.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 60 RDI=20 % | 490 RDI=50 % | 310 RDI=50 % | 5,070 RDI=250 % | 21,240 RDI: 250 % |
| Per 100 g | 4 RDI=2 % | 40 RDI=3 % | 20 RDI=3 % | 370 RDI=20 % | 1,560 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 Gingerbreads : 5.85 €
- Per Gingerbread : 2.95 €
Change currency: 
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Rye flour
Like these other recipes: Jura bread, Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Benoîton, Lumberjack turnovers, Natural leaven, ... See them all 6
Honey
Like these other recipes: Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), Cranachan, Hazelnut and orange cake, Nonettes, Chocolate madeleines, ... See them all 9
Flour
Like these other recipes: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Provençal colombier for Pentecost, Invisible apple cake, Aperitif rolls, Génoise (Genoa sponge), ... See them all 199
Water
Like these other recipes: Tomato foccacia, Quick courgette soup with cheese, How to seal a terrine or casserole dish, Panettone, Cassoulet, ... See them all 134
Other recipes you may also like
Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.May 8th 2020336 K5 1 hour 15 min.
Candied grapefruit peel
Not really a dessert, more a kind of sweet. After soakiing, strips of grapefruit skin are cooked very slowly to conservethem in sugar. It's a real treat with coffee at the end of a meal.December 20th 2018374 K 14 1 day 1 hour 25 min.
Clarified butter
This is a way of melting butter to eliminate all the impurities. The clarified butter can then be heated without spoiling, and is more digestible. It is ideal for cooking at high temperatures where small black specks would spoil the appearance, or for emulsified sauces like béarnaise or mousseline.June 21th 2017463 K4.2 2 hours 15 min.
Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies
A traditional American recipe for homely biscuits, which can be made in different flavours or with additions (seeds, dried fruit, nuts, chocolate, etc.).January 5th 2020377 K4 1 hour 50 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-04-06)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe (as 4 people already do)
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.